Chichester Building Molecular Science I Including Chemistry Lecture Theatre and Staircase to S is a Grade II* listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. University building. 2 related planning applications.

Chichester Building Molecular Science I Including Chemistry Lecture Theatre and Staircase to S

WRENN ID
little-cinder-hawthorn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Brighton and Hove
Constituency
Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1993
Type
University building
Address
Chichester Building Molecular Science I Including Chemistry Lecture Theatre and Staircase to S, University of Sussex, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN1 9RH
OS grid reference
TQ 347 091
Coordinates
50.86579, -0.08688
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chichester Building at the University of Sussex, which includes the Molecular Science I section, the Chemistry Lecture Theatre, and a staircase to the south, was constructed between 1962 and 1965 and designed by Sir Basil Spence. This university chemistry building features red brick and bare, board-marked concrete, with timber windows and flat roofs. It has a courtyard plan with a rotunda attached to the south that houses the chemistry lecture theatre, along with an adjoining flight of steps. The building has two storeys and a basement, characterized by horizontal windows with deep concrete lintels, projecting buttresses between the bays topped by projecting concrete beam ends, and a deep concrete parapet. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Chichester Building Molecular Science I Including Chemistry Lecture Theatre and Staircase to S receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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